B1 Preliminary for Schools Handbook

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Part 2 
Questions 6 – 10 
For each question, choose the correct answer. 
The young people below all want to do a cycling course during their school holidays. 
On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight cycling courses. 
Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people below. 
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Nancy is fourteen and cycles quite well. She needs to learn how 
to cycle safely from her home to school on busy city roads. 
She’s only free at the weekends. 
7 
Markus is an excellent cyclist and he wants the excitement of 
riding on countryside and woodland tracks. He’d also like to 
learn more about looking after his bike. He can’t attend a 
morning course. 
8 
Ellie is nine and knows how to ride her bike, but isn’t confident 
about starting and stopping. She’d love to meet other cyclists 
with a similar ability and have fun with them. 
9 
Leo can’t cycle yet, and wants to learn on his own with the 
teacher. He’d prefer a course with sessions twice a week. He’d 
also like some practical information about cycling clothes and 
equipment. 
10 
Josh is eleven and a skilled cyclist. He’s keen to learn to do 
exciting cycling tricks in a safe environment. He’d like to be with 
people of a similar age. 

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Reading
Preparing learners
Paper 1
Reading Part 3
THE TASK 
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In this part, candidates have a text which expresses an opinion or attitude. 
There are five multiple-choice questions with four options, A, B, C and D.
HOW TO APPROACH THE TASK
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Candidates should begin by skimming the text to find out the topic and 
general meaning.
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They should then read the text again, much more carefully. 
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It’s important to deal with the questions one by one, comparing each 
option with the text before choosing one.
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Candidates should carefully re-check their choice of answer with the text.
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Questions 11, 12, 13 and 14 follow the order of information in the text.
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Question 15 focuses on global meaning.
ASSESSMENT
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Candidates need to demonstrate they have understood the writer’s 
attitude or opinion, or an opinion quoted by the writer, and both the 
detailed and global meaning of the text.
Reading Part 4
THE TASK 
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In this part, candidates read a longer text that has five numbered spaces 
where sentences have been removed. Following the text there are eight 
sentences, A–H. Candidates have to find the missing five sentences from 
sentences A–H.
HOW TO APPROACH THE TASK
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Candidates should read the whole text to understand the narrative.
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They should look at each numbered space in turn and select one of the 
sentences A–H to fit the gap.
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Candidates need to check that the sentence they have selected fits with 
the text before and after the gap, both grammatically and in relation to the 
narrative or argument presented in the text.
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After choosing a sentence, candidates should decide why the other seven 
sentences don’t fit.
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Once all the gaps are completed, candidates should read the text again to 
make sure it makes sense.
ASSESSMENT
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Candidates need to show that they can follow the narrative of a text and 
the attitudes and opinions contained within it, and that they understand 
how a coherent, well-structured text is formed.